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Pcsjjivc Dcfimte K^wledgcâ€" of its Matchless Quality and Value has been the lorceful power that h.\3 created a sale of 25 million packets A*^n»aiiy TRY IT - a Tea-Pot Test is better than a Vohimc o£ ArgumcntSt at** Frederick Winter's Home Coming I5y HILDA RICHMOND. VI "As far as rettiriK off is concerned, | for lard. My! I wish I could go into I can po in tfie winter as well as in tho chicken business." thl.^KKnlf' s»'''I'':F'<enck Winter j .'Frederick, I'll not thoughtfully. "The hrm is always keep you in ftUlk-I-'cd Kiddies. i ant milk is to her children's health, "Why don't you keep a cow?": and realizes that a dollar spent on asked Aunt Anne the morning after milk for thorn could be invested in no her arrival at her niece's house, as better way, .'he will teach them to she heard the rattle of milk bottles â€" i drink milk and they'll never acquire five of them â€" on the verandah. |a distaste for it and think it just for "I would," gaily answered her I babies, niece, "if only we were back in the I "Ycu are right about our children country, instead of temporarily ""* having especially healthy par- housed on a fifty-foot city lot " •^"*^ t° ^^'^^ after, but we are bring- "Hut who in tho -world ever' drinks ''"''' '^^"! "" right, and Aunt Anne, it all?" per.sisted the aunt. ' '^ ° y°" ^"""J, ""^ Wealthier children As if in answer to her question, ' '"f" ^hese . into the room bounced the two roly^ , /"''"'' ^ <•«" ^ I «'^^'^>'V"''^ ^X: poly .youngsters, Teddy, tho four- '"'':,'</ y«"J«'^%to have such healthy year-old, and two-year-old Belle, ^ ^^''^ren. Now I know , wasn t Iuck, bright and smiling and ready for'"^"* e°°'l "^"^ andmilk. breakfast. | „ . . , „, "My. don't these children look ^""'^^ ^he Hy. well?" exclaimed Aunt Anne, greet- The approach of v;arm weather ing them with a hug and a kiss. "I brings v.-ith it the discomfort of fly- don't see whom they take after, ' time. During the season this house- Ruth," turning to their mother. ' hold pest thrives and multiplies by plad when ihj office force splits up'a' *"^P*"se as to why I wanted you to] "Neither you nor their father has] the millions, and quickly. The house- little on vac-^tions. It doesn't want''"°'"^ '° "'" ^â- "â- '" "f'^'." said Nellie ; any health to boast of. What's your; wife must wage a definite war too many vacations in August, for ] ""^hing slightly. "I am to be mar- 1 secret ?" against the fly if she wishes to banish that is a buiij' time for us. If you I ricd this v.eek and I wanted you and ; "I want my milk," shouted Teddy. I this death-dealing, disease-breeding and^the chilcTen can go, I can man-' your family to have charge of things] "Milk! Milk!" echoed Belle. Their' parasite from her premises. "!='*• ' ] while I am away. I thought perhaps i niother smiled. I The fly not only carries poison, but "I've alwajs wanted to sec your 'you might like to buy the old farmi "That's tho answer," she said. "It's : also typhoid, infantile paralysis and boyhood home," said Mrs. Winter. ; for a .summer home. A week or ten "o secret." " j many "kindred disease germs. Food days' visit will make you well ac-j "But do you mean," asked the ' that is exposed in warm weather of- quainted with it in every way, and ' Aunt, "that they drink milk in any I fers a very desirable breeding place "Of course, we must think of the ex pense, but your .sister must have fome .'â- â- pecial rea.^cn for asking us to come now." "Poor Nellie!" said Frederic!;. "I suppose she has become a part of the old brown farmhouse by this time. your wife and the children can de- cide whether they would like to bo here in the summer." "Married! To whom?" gasped quantity? I should think they were! for this dangerous pest, How time does fly! She was a slip^'^^ederick, staring at his sister of a girl when I left and I've never' "I sujipose you don't remtniber seen her since. You know I was down Billy Richards," said .N^ellie. "It s to sick with typhoid when her father be a very quiet home affair, ,ird as died and did not get to the funeral.' f^i^g are my o. 'y relatives I ishe mu.st be twentv-six now, or ,, , â-  . . â- ^, ,, thereabouts. I've nev-er wanted to go ^^."i"'' J,"" ,T'^ Tu , ,w back to the old place. It was nothin:? Freckled Billy Richard-, that we but chore, chore from morning till "^^d to tease you about! I guess I night, and as soon as I was old haven't forgotten hirn. What is he enough I ran away to town. All the, doing now?" boys worth while did the same thing. j "Farming," said N.dlie. old enough to eat solid food "Oh, of course they eat solid food. Aunt, but their diet is based chiefly on milk. Here, kiddies," placing their chairs at the table, "your breakfast is ready." With a merry scramble, the chil- Clean up the premises and yards and see that all garbage cans are dis- infected and kept covered. Do not allow any piles of rubbish or waste to accumulate. Do not take a chance on leaving the windows and doors open in warm, sunny weather, with My stepfather was honest and just. "He is on the home place." and nc gave me my share when he briefl.v. saw that I wouldn't come back off the main road. Sometimes I think it would be a pood thing for our chil- dren to see the old place >(o ihey could know how much easier thoy have it than I did." Fourteen years before, yoi'ng Frederick Winter had get out from his country home to try his fortunes in the city, leaving his aged step- father and his half-sister in the tuck- diseases which have at various tinieK ed-up farmhouse under the elm trees. | (q lUstory. wiped out millions of hn- He did not know that his stepfather man beings. Fortunately, man's huu to mortgage the farm to give (To be cont-nucd.) WAGE WAR ON RATS. This Very Destructive Animal Should be Exterminated. Rat.s are traditional enemies of mankind. Thoy are the chief carriers for cholera, plague and other epidemic Frederick his portion of the estate. His recollections of the old home i knowledge of science, coupled with : his superior cunning, hns made it pos- were"n(TplVasant,"because he haTnl'^'''^ *» ^'""t"""' "'"^se scourges. Rut ways longed to get away from the 'c'iseless vigilance on the part of the lonelines.^ and quiet of it all. There- health officials at all ocean ports will fore, he had not kept in clfffee touch always be necessaryâ€" at least until with Nellie during the years that had rats are exterruinated. whirled ovfer his head since leaving Man has another heavy score agalust the farm. He was working for a these pests. They destoy enormoua good hrm .nd received a good salary, quantifies of agrllultural products. EO he felt that the old farm had no attractions for him. After some further discussion the It was estimated, before the war. that rals destroyiul $75,000,000 worth of invitation was accepted, and one bit- such products annually In Great Brl- dren were in their chairs, inil the out placing in the screens. See that next moment, two little noses were] all windows and doors are securely concealed in the cups of creamy milk, i screened. Cover all foods that are Not till every drop was drained did] exposed witli wire or mosquito net- they turn to the waiting cereal, toast i ting; these screens can be made by and fruit. Before they finished each removing the ends of a box and then ter cold day just at twilight Fre<ler- •^""' "'"""• ^ '''"=''"' estimate based ick Wint«T found himself, with his °'> ^vartlme prices, places the loss at wife and three children, standing in. liiOO.OOO.OOO. The latter figure is tho familiar sitting room, drinking in j practically tiio same as the pro-war every dctuil of the house that looked j estimate of loss in the United States as if time ha,l dealt very gently with i from the same cause. These animal.s ''•. P^^l^. .^"' « roaring fire in the: possess remarkable fecundity, which, bright shimng stove. Beyond, in the i ,^1,^,, coupled with Iheir natural cun- kitchen, another shining stove held had demanded and received another cup of milk. "Well, I never!" exclaimed Aunt Anne. "Why don't you give them part water instead? They'd drink it just as easily." ' "Truth is. Aunt," her niece laugh- ed, "water is refreshing, but it hasn't very much food value. They drink plenty of water between meals. At present, they are having break- fast." "But how can you afford to let them drink so much with milk costing what it does here in the city?" "Because I know how necessary it is for the children's well-being. I know that nothing so well provides all the necessary elements of growth for the young child as milk. There- fore, I make it their mainstay. The cost per quart is high, I know, but when breakfast and supper consist almost entirely of milk â€" I usually make cream soup, creamed toast or some other such dish not only for their supper but for our own â€" so few ' other foods are used that the cost is I greatly reduced. Practically all : cakes, crackers and cookies, which | I altogether too many children make j •a practice of filling up on, are ex-j j eluded entirely. If a lunch is re- I quired between meals a slice of bread and a glass of milk suits them , , , , .„ ,. . ..n'UK, enables them to thrive and even i *,'''"'','*'''y' ^'"'* "'"•' '•asserts take an array of pots and kettles that sent i . , , , â-  the d ace of nie at dinner inifl « irlnoe increase in numbers in a great variety ' ^"'"•'^ "' »"= "'â-  ainner ana a glass of environments. B;vory good citizen. °^ '"'"' ''^u""* the quantity of meat forth appetizing odors. "Well. I'm glad to sea you all!", ,, , , , said Nellie Burton, greeting them all ' Particularly agri.uiUurallsts and grain round several times. "Come right out^ ''"<^ '"<"' feaiers, should wage a nith- to supper. You must be getting] •'^"s war on these noxious pests. proceeding to cover it with wire or netting. Do not permit tnilk vessels or cooking utensils to stand around;] rinse them w.ith cold water and then] cleanse them with hot water very] thoroughly. If there are small chil- dren, watch them carefully when they are eating, so that no food is left by them to attract flies. The baby should be kept carefully sci-eened with net- ting to prevent flies from coming near him during the early spring and summer. First and last of all, swat the fly. Swat him early and late. It is pos- sible with very little trouble to keep the house absolutely free from this menacing pest. Fir.st â€" Keep the house screened. Second â€" Kill each and every fly in the house. Third â€" Do not allow food to stand in an exposed condition. Fourthâ€" Keep the garbage pail well covered. Fifth â€" Disinfect the garbage can twice a week. Sixth â€" Do not allow rubbish to ac- cumulate. .Seventh â€" Repair all breaks in ] screens and doors as soon as they I appear. 1 Eighth â€" See that the screen door has a good catch for a quick closing. Ninthâ€" Fresh air, sunlight and clean premises prevent disease. hungry after your long trip." Nellie was a tall, good-looking young woman, neatly dressed in a dark skirt and white shirtwaist. Her every movement spoke of capability and energy. After supper Mrs. Win- ter and Kvelyn helped Nellie to do the di'hcs v/hile Frederick and the two boys enjoyed the warmth of the sitting room stove v/hile he told the boys of old times. BRITISH DOGS OF WAR. Made Great Record on Battlefields of Europe. EuRland's dog army rendered gal- lant service In the war. Many a sol- consumed "But I fail to understand," contin- ued Aunt Anne, "how you get them to take it so well. Most of the chil- dren I've seen detest milk after they are a year or so old, even children living on dairy farms." "Yes, 1 know," replied her niece, "but it's the mother, not the children,! grease, stove and shoe polish who is to blame. Weaning time to In hanging clothes see that they most women niean.i jumping from I are pulled straight on the line, dler owes his lifo to some poor, un- ! babyhood to manhood, skipping by! A dustless mop can be made from cared for, stray dog. For nearly two ! childhood altogether, so far as diet the fringe of an old bedspread, years dogs wcro employt-d hy the Url- 1 is concerned. An soon as baby be- 1 Instead of grating cheese for some Household Hints. Children require a special diet up to ten years of age. Hot drinks are better than cold for old people. Delectable dumplings are made with dried fruits. Clean lard will i cut them in as long and thin strips ' as possible. j A wire brush with same gritty I cleanser cleans the roasting pan in I two minutes. j Save an old white kid or chamois glove if your corset steels and bones have a habit of wearintf through. A mend with a bit of this will last a long time. When the little girls' dresse.? of embroidered flouncing are too short, I lengthen them without taking off the^ band, in this way: Stitch to the under side of the scallops a double fold of lav/n or batiste about three inches wide. This gives the appearance of] a hem. j The "notions" counter in most, shops has readymade button holes to! offer. They are sold in strips, ?.nd ', are great time and labor savers. But] for pick-up work there is nothing like having a strip of button holes of your own making on hand. NEW WONDERS EXPECTED Jlarvellous Inventions Inspired by War May be Surpasicd in Peace. Subjects of increasing interest are telephoning without wires and flight by airship acro.ss the ocean. Both ideas are in such a hopefu! way that they may be said to be virtually as- sured and likely to be soon put in operation. These matters are better worth thinking about and spending money on than is poison gas or can- non wmh a range of eighty miles, though guns of that calibre promote antimilitarism by rendering useless a girdle of fortifications around a city. In the recent war Paris was saved twice by battles on the Marne, which was quite as near as hostile batteries could be allowed to approach. In pro- portion as the spirit of militarism is banished from the world the con- structive forces of peace get to work. Their possibilities were never more interesting. It is hard to say how rapid the march of important inventions will be when nation; agree to go forward amicably instead of with deadly cross purposes. Carrying on a conversa- tion audibly between distant points anywhere on the globe is an almoft startling conception. But it seem!> near at hand, and so docs air flight over indefinite spaces at a speed ofj' 300 miles or over an hour. ] How about telephotography, or th» visualizing of distant objects with th» aid of the electric current? It h.-i9 been waitir.i? for development ainco- 1881, when it was first brought to notice. Experimental results wers favorable, but the invention has not been pushed as h3.vo the teloohone, airplane and wireless telegraphy, alf of v,-hich are in practical use ani have been advanced by the expendi turd of fillicns. Telepathy, or the superscnsor^ transfer of thought and fasling, J> more recondite and nebulous. Bu1^ with peace, :;ew wonders will doubt less unfold. "A time ccmes in most men's live^ when the bell rings for prayer, an} unhappy arc thsy who. v/hen it doe;?- have nowhere to c?.rry their heart') supplication." â€" A. Birrell. 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JSGS(F^ljl^-^^^e^./^f/? remove wagon "Papa, I thought you said this was tiMh as inosHt-ngcis, as sentries, and â-  (fins to take solid food, the mother , dishes that are to be baked, slice it _i 4, i...-i« 1 ir....t, ^^ I fiecroascs the milk supply. She lets 'thin and .-^ave time. | hi 1917 a war dog school of | him have tastes of all the victuals! Two heaping teaspoons of boiled' let me help feed the chicken.s and nut i''Sl>'Uctlon was established by the! the grown-ups have, and his stomach rice contain as much nourishment as' â- - - ' Uritlsli War ORlce, and Lieut. Col. ; gets too full for milk. Yet all he has two and one-half boiled eggs. falen is not half so beneficial as aj Egg stains may be removed from] much smaller quantity, supplemented i spoons by common salt, the dandiest coasting plaie you ever police imipoaes, was appointed com- j by a glass or so of milk. | It saves t'me and fuel to cook a saw back of the barn." I niandaiil of the school. Oainckeop- ] "Of course, if a child really dis- ' whole pumpkin at once. "That's right, there is." said Fred-, ers, hunt servantn and Hhophcrds were likes milk it may be neces.'jary to do Oeamed potatoes with cheese make irk, Huddenly alert. "You can coast, j,j^„gji „p (,.o,„ the army to assist in I a little coaxing, but a little ingenuity a p a horrid place to live," said Hugh '^ _,,„,,]„ Winter tl,6 next day. "I think it is . jf ",!iâ„¢i;, the host place I ever saw. Auntie,' . |' . let me help feed the chicken.s and put, i"stiuciioi 'down hay for the hors.-s. and I'd like British War umce, ana Lieut.-Col. to stay licre always." I Ttichaidson, wlio has devoted his life "•*0 \voiild I!*' said CJeovge. '•There'.'! to training dogs for military and eri . jiearly half a mile dywn the hijl. [ j .^,.^ laybe I can find mv old sled up in; ,, the barn "'â-  ' -' '- *-'-^ •'â- ' ^''^^"' Fan hill." We boys u.sed to hitch old thorough trahifng In Eng- Fan to the sled to draw it back up,'"'"' "'« ^"'5'' *e'« """t '" ''>anco. and on the batlloflelds their skill. ' leasant change. nearly half a rpile dywn the hijl. [ ^^^^ ^.^^^ j g„,, patience will usually have the dc- ! A flannel bag filled with hot sand Maybe I can find my old sled up in; ,,. , ,. ,..„,.,,.,„ ,.. ^_„ | ^i^ed effect. Let the mother make ' is a good substitute for a hot water cocoa or cereal coffee entirely of bag. milk, using only sufficient boiling; A bread sponge made with yeast water to dissolve the powder, and is light enough to use when it is full these ten years," said Nellie, "but I army. Often wounded in (bo pei form- offer it to the child in winter. In I of bubbles. ^011 can take Dick." | aiice of Iheir dulic.-t, lliey never falter-' summer, a bit of sugar or syrup with I Molasses cannot be used in metal "I think this is the nicest house I od while ftiangth reninlned to carry ! a few drops of flavoring, added to] utensils, as it arqviires a tiny taste. ever saw," said Evelyn. "Auntie let] on. The oinclal record of their heroic ; the milk and the concoction termed Never use butter to fry fish; it me rummage in the attic and I found work tells of succosHfiil inossugo car- i 'liquid ice cream' may go down when burns before the fish can have time ryluK Ihiough darkness, mist, rain and \ milk alone wouldn't. | to cook. Old Fun has been in hor grave ! ciiurage and tenacity amazed the FARKER'5 SEND IT TO EXPERTS • Parker's can clean or dye carpets, curtains, laces, draperies, gowns, etc., end make them look like new. Semi your faded or spotted clothing or household goods, and FARKER'5 will renew them. We pay carriage charges one way and guarantee saiisfactory work. Our booklet on household helps that save money will be sent fre« o« request to PARKER'S DYE WORKS, Limited Cleaners and Dyers 791 Yonge St. ... Toronto the nicest old drc'sc.^. She said I. pnuld use them for an old-fashioned, eiitcrlainment when I go home. I wish we could stay h'jre always." \ "You woulil soon get tired of it, | thai would daughter," said Frederick. "It's all right for a day or two, but very lonely after that" "I'm going to help Nellie get her eggs ready for tho market," said Mrs. Winter. ".lust think, Frederickl Forty cents a dozen! She ships di- rect to the city customers." shell lire ovoi* the most difflciilt ! ''One mother I knew used to paste^ Instead of dicing the vegetables ground. In a few minutes' lime dogs a pretty picture on the bottom of a have brought inessageH over ground i tumbler, then fill the glass with milk. take a Holdior honrs to , lUr littio girl gladly drank the milk in Older to see the now picture. An-' other mother indi'cil her children to! ilriiik milk by using pretty, odd-shap For Muddy KooIh. The old broom has apparently out- ed tumblers and cups, while still an- lived iti usefuln(s,s, but saw ofl' the other kept on hand a supply of small handle eight inches from the broom, hard candies, one of which she drop-' bore a hole in one of the back cteps ped into each glass. You can readily snd ina»"rt tho eight-'nch stub; then believe the children never refuse to "My check for the eggs last week' trim the b.ixini off square and you! drink the milk when the last swallow, was $10.90," said Nellie. "I think|have an exceedingly satisfactory meant a piece of candy that is pretty fair for cold weather, .-icraper for muddy l)r.ots and shoes. "After all, it rests with the mother but I hf.ve a warm poultry house." | entirely whether or not tho children 'And she had almost as much for other produce," said Mrs. Winter. "She ^otH twenty cents a pound for country MUWuee and levenlecn cents j in operation July 1 is fct for the date when it i drink milk and grow strong, rosy and^ is hoped to have the Provincial i healthy," with a look of pride toward] stockyards at Prince Albert, Busk , I pink-cheeked Teddy an<l Belle. "If underjt*^.';- how vitally iraoort-. Comfart Lyt is a Tcry powerful cleunncr. It it uted for oleaninf! up (he oldest and hardest dirt, grease, etc. Comfort I^y* Is 6ne for making sinks, draino und clotet'> sweet and clean. Comfvrt Lx* lyils rats, mice, roaches «nJ iniccf pests. Comfort Lfi tfUl do tlie liardeat sprini (;lc«nin4 yov'*? ^''*' Jkiii/o'' f-y* IS ioo^ for'"ma\iu< loap.